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By: Sirithre Leylnn Now that The Serpentimes is powered by WordPress, it makes it much easier for me to keep track of how many visits each page has gotten and so forth. It’s quite fun to take a look and see just how people are getting to our site. Definitely keep coming back and increasing [...]

January 2nd, 2012
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Scribbler Drawing Contest Results

I want to start by saying thanks to the brave people who entered this contest. We had over 15 entries, and considering how difficult the oekaki program can be to work with, that’s quite impressive! Wait ’til you see what they managed to create with it! Now, this is a bit late as one of [...]

January 2nd, 2012
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Game Review: Super Mario 3D Land

By: Sirithre Leylnn So, I got a lot of new games this holiday season. I’ve also made a lot of new friends and have not been home enough to play most of them. I have a friend borrowing Skyrim because I don’t have time for it anyway, I’ve made little progress in Skyward Sword, and [...]

December 31st, 2011
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Corner Bookmarks

By: Sirithre Leylnn It’s no secret that I enjoy doing crafts. So it’ll come to no surprise that I have yet another craft tutorial for you this month. This time, we’ll be looking at bookmarks. Most of us here are bookworms, as evidenced by the fact we all joined an online community based on a [...]

November 14th, 2011
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Retro Review: Link’s Awakening

By: Sirithre Leylnn With the release of Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword coming up November 20th, I’d like to take a moment to reminisce on one of my favorite games of the Zelda franchise. It’s a game that often doesn’t get the credit it deserves when shadowed by the incredibly popular Ocarina of Time and [...]

November 14th, 2011
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Retro Review: Lion King

By: Sirithre Leylnn In honor of Lion King 3D coming out recently, my first retro game review will feature the much loved Lion King game(s) from back in ’94. There are several different versions of this game, but I will be focusing on the SNES and Sega Genesis versions. For the most part, the game [...]

October 22nd, 2011
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Snakes in Myth

By: Sirithre Leylnn Some of you may have read the articles I’ve written recently for the other house newspapers, featuring stories of how their house mascot has been documented in mythology throughout history. It will come as no surprise then that I now bring you our own Mythological history as snakes. As per usual, think [...]

October 22nd, 2011
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Back to School Issue

By: Sirithre Leylnn It’s that time again! The new term has started, and everyone is excited to be back at HOL and fighting for that house cup! In fact, people have been SO excited, there’s been an influx of articles this year! To make sure they don’t get lost or overlooked, here’s a listing of [...]

October 1st, 2011
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Movie Review: Secret of Kells

By: Sirithre Leylnn Being a fan of Irish mythology, I stumbled across this animated film by sheer accident. But I enjoyed it so much, that I feel the need to share it with you all. The movie follows the story of Brendan, the abbot’s curious nephew, and how he came to work on the historical [...]

September 6th, 2011
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Plastic Charms – How to make a Snitch

By: Sirithre Leylnn Feeling crafty? Today we’ll cover how to create plastic charms. You can use them for jewelry, key chains, magnets, whatever you’d like.  As an example, I’ll be creating a snitch. But you can create whatever design you’d like. For materials, you’ll need a sheet of shrinkable plastic. Now, craft stores carry these. [...]

September 6th, 2011
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